Wadda Wurrung

Dja Ngawa? Did you know ... ?

Geelong was named in 1837 by Governor Richard Burke, with the name derived from the local Wathaurong(Wadda Wurrung) Aboriginal name for the region, Djillong, which was understood to mean 'tongue of land'.

A message from the Wathaurong people taken from the book ‘Wathaurong – The People Who Said No’(Pascoe, B, 2003, The Wathaurong Co-operative)